Name: The Forgotten Imperial Army
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1963-08-16
Duration: 25 min
Cast: Hōsei Komatsu

The Forgotten Imperial Army (1963)

Japanese 25m

About The Forgotten Imperial Army Movie

Released in 1963, The Forgotten Imperial Army is a Documentary, TV Movie Movie in Japanese. Direction is by Nagisa Ōshima. Key performances come from Hōsei Komatsu. Oshima exposes the fact that many wounded soldiers cannot receive compensation from the Japanese government because of their Korean nationality, while questioning if this is a just way for the Japanese to act. The documentary uses TV to problematize the apathy of the Japanese people. According to Oshima’s 'The Idea of Evil and Cruelty' and Sato Tadao’s 'History of Japanese Documentary Film', the actual situation was much more serious and harsher than the documentary depicts.

Movie Details

Release Date16 Aug 1963

LanguageJapanese

Runtime25m

StatusReleased

DirectorNagisa Ōshima

GenreDocumentary, TV Movie

On Screen